CASE PROCESSING FOR ORGANS THAT WILL UNDERGO ISLET ISOLATION
BRD ID: 2,257
Source: nPOD Tier: SOP Number of times downloaded: 1473
Description
This document describes the procedures for processing pancreas, spleen, small intestine, and thymus and their preservation by snap-freezing with and without RNAlater, OCT-embedding, and formalin fixation that are used by the Islet Core laboratory. It also includes steps for frozen storage of serum. It is a product of the Network for Pancreatic Organ Donors with Diabetes (nPOD) and is available for download at https://www.jdrfnpod.org/for-investigators/standard-operating-procedures/.
Documents for Download
SOP-45-CASE-PROCESSING-FOR-ORGANS-THAT-WILL-UNDERGO-ISLET-ISOLATION.pdf [Size: 382 KB]Biospecimens
- Tissue - Spleen
- Tissue - Small Bowel
- Tissue - Thymus Gland
- Tissue - Pancreas
- Fluid - Serum
Diagnoses
- Diabetes Type 1
Topics
- Biospecimen Processing
- Biospecimen Preservation
- Storage
Associated SOP Compendiums
- Biospecimen Processing
- Biospecimen Preservation
- Storage